Elastic and viscoelastic properties of a type I collagen fiber

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 293, Issue , 2012, Pages 197-205

  Sopakayang, Ratchada ^a   De Vita, Raffaella ^b   Kwansa, Albert ^b   Freeman, Joseph W ^c  

^a UBON RATCHATHANI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

^c Musculoskeletal Tissue Regeneration Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Collagen fiber; Incremental stress relaxation; Rat tail tendons; Structural model; Viscoelastic model

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 1;

COLLAGEN; NUMERICAL MODEL; RODENT; STRESS-STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; VISCOELASTICITY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTICITY; FIBER; INCREMENTAL STRESS RELAXATION TEST; INTERFIBRILLAR MATRIX; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RAT; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TAIL; TENDON; VISCOELASTICITY;

ANIMALS; CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; COLLAGEN TYPE I; ELASTICITY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TAIL; TENDONS; VISCOSITY;

RATTUS;

EID: 80155155991     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2011.10.018     Document Type: Article

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